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Flash for 8 January 2019

Our meeting began in the usual
way with President Gene James leading in the Pledge of Allegiance, God Bless
America, and our invocation by Dr.
Rod Booker.

Sergeant at Arms Report:

Mark Barnhart reported 40 of our 70
members were in attendance.

Guests: Ed Meadows with wife, Sue Meadows

Announcements:

Rotary Club of Greensburg Career
Assistance Awards ($10,000) applications were distributed to the Hempfield Area
and Greensburg schools. The awards range
from $500 to $2,500 with awards distributed in May of each year. These scholarships are granted on the basis
of need, ability, performance, academic and civic activities and those
qualities of character and personality befitting the leadership of a free
democratic society and which exemplify Rotary’s principle of Service Above
Self.

The Madeline Nichols Grant
($13,500) application is posted on the club website. The application deadline is January 31.

Club News:

Foundation Moment with Jeff Balzer:

“Why do we have a Foundation? We have a Foundation because our Foundation
lifts Rotary up. It lets every club and every district do the most it possibly
can. It allows every one of us to be part of all of Rotary’s work, and it
brings that work to greater and greater heights. We should all remember that
Rotary foundation is our Foundation, it is here for us and because of us; it
allows us to do more, to be more and to bring more hope to the world. The
responsibility for keeping our Foundation strong lies with each of us.” Dong
Kurn Lee, Past Rotary International President.

Word of the Week:

A “neologism” describes a relatively recent or isolated term, word, or phrase that may be in the process of entering common use, but that has not yet been fully accepted into mainstream language. Neologisms are often directly attributable to a specific person, publication, period, or event. In the process of language formation, neologisms are more mature than protologisms.

The term, an abbreviation for
“no-mobile-phone phobia“,
was coined during a 2008 study by the UK Post Office who commissioned YouGov, a
UK-based research organization, to evaluate anxieties suffered by mobile phone
users. The study found that nearly 53% of mobile phone users in Britain tend to
be anxious when they “lose their mobile phone, run out of battery or
credit, or have no network coverage”. The study, sampled 2,163 people,
found that about 58% of men and 47% of women suffer from the phobia, and an
additional 9% feel stressed when their mobile phones are off. 55% of those
surveyed cited keeping in touch with friends or family as the main reason that
they got anxious when they could not use their mobile phones. The study
compared stress levels induced by the average case of nomophobia to be on-par
with those of “wedding day jitters” and trips to the dentist.

We did not have a speaker today,
instead we had a Club Assembly to discuss the future of our Career Assistance
Awards for the coming years. As a club,
we need to decide what type of fundraiser(s) we are willing to participate in
to be able to raise enough money each year to continue funding our scholarships
on average of $20,000 per year.

Make-up Clubs:

• Mountain View – Monday at 6:15
p.m. at Applebee’s Restaurant

• Westmoreland – Wednesday at
6:00 p.m. at Badges Bar & Grille

• Latrobe – Wednesday at 12 noon
at DeNunzio’s Chophouse

• Norwin – Monday at 12:05 p.m.
at Jacktown Rod and Hunt Club

• Delmont-Salem – Thursday at
7:00 a.m. at Kings Family Restaurant

• Murrysville-Export – 1st and
3rd Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at The Lamplighter

• Murrysville-Export – 2nd and
4th Wednesday at 12 noon at The Lamplighter